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Saturday 13 Thursday 18 10:00pm World | Walking Into the Unknown | H | traces the intimate journey of 3:30pm Life | California’s Gold Important Places EARLY American Indian physician Dr. Arne Vainio includes a visit to Sherman Institute High 5:00am KQED 9 | POV The Last Conquistador. | HD | as he navigates the health-care system. School, an off-reservation boarding house for | RR 11/17 11pm | R (World) 11/26 8am & 11am Native Americans. 11:00pm World | Independent Lens Power Paths. 4:00pm KTEH | History Detectives The Spirit of St. American Indian tribes explore ways to bring Louis/Gary Powers’ “Suicide Pin”/Image of Friday 19 renewable energy projects into their com- Apache Warrior Geronimo. 10:00am World | History Detectives Cherokee Bible/ munities. 5:00pm life | Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Slave Banjo/United Empire Loyalists. A The Southwest: Zion and Canyon de Chelly. mysterious bible laced with Cherokee writing provides insight to the Trail of Tears march. Wednesday 24 5:30pm life | Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions | R (KTEH) 11/20 4pm EVENING Santa Fe, New Mexico. 7:30pm KQED 9 | Spark | q | Julia Parker, Carlos Saturday 20 Baron, Josephine Taylor. Travel to Yosemite Sunday 14 with Julia Parker who is helping revive the 3:30pm Life | California’s Gold California’s State 6:00pm KQED 9 | Time Team America Range art form of Native American basket weaving. Parks explores the Providence Mountain Creek, Utah. Explore the rugged and remote | HD | R (KQED 9) 11/25 1:30am, 11/26 State Recreation Area, located in the Eastern red-rock canyons where Fremont Indians 11:30pm, 11/27 5:30am Mojave Desert, and the Indian Grinding Rock lived 1,000 years ago. | HD | State Historic Park in the Sierra Nevada. EVENING 4:00pm KTEH | History Detectives Cherokee Bible/ Thursday 25 9:00pm World | For The Rights of All: Ending Jim Slave Banjo/United Empire Loyalists. EARLY Crow in Alaska explores the Alaska Native 5:00pm World | Blackfeet Encounter recounts the struggle for equality and the central role of 1:30am KQED 9 | Spark | q | Julia Parker, Carlos deadly confrontation between the Blackfeet one Tlingit Indian woman. | D | Baron, Josephine Taylor. | HD | RR 11/24 people and the Lewis and Clark expedition. 7:30pm | R (KQED 9) 11/26 11:30pm, 11/27 10:00pm World | Video Letters from Prison Embark 6:00pm KQED 9 | Jim Thorpe: World’s Greatest 5:30am on a journey of transformation as one family Athlete chronicles the superstar athlete’s from the Pine Ridge Reservation of South remarkable life, including his advocacy Dakota finds healing through the path of the of American Indian rights and self- Friday 26 heart. sufficiency. | D | HD | 10:00am World | History Detectives Red Cloud 11:00pm World | Letter/’32 Ford Roadster/Cast Iron Eagle To Brooklyn and Back: A Mohawk EVENING Journey is a look at Quebec’s Kahnawake includes the investigation of a letter from the Reserve and New York’s ironworking 7:00pm KQED 9 | Choctaw Code Talkers | H | creator of Mt. Rushmore to a Lakota leader. is the empowering chronicle of Choctaw community in the mid 20th century. | R soldiers as the original code talkers during 11:30pm KQED 9 | Spark | q | Julia Parker, Carlos (World) 11/17 9am & noon World War I, a story that’s been buried in Baron, Josephine Taylor. | HD | RR 11/24 history for nearly 100 years. | D | R (KQED 9) 7:30pm | R (KQED 9) 11/27 5:30am Tuesday 16 11/21 1am EVENING Saturday 27 10:30pm KTEH | Independent Lens | H | Lost Sunday 21 EARLY Sparrow. Decades after the deaths of two EARLY 5:30am KQED 9 | Spark | q | Julia Parker, Carlos Crow Indian brothers, their adoptive brother 1:00am KQED 9 | Choctaw Code Talkers | D | RR Baron, Josephine Taylor. | HD | RR 11/24 confronts the mystery. | R (KQED 9) 11/21 11/20 7pm 7:30pm 12:30pm noon KQED 9 | Before There Were Parks: 3:00pm World | Long Walk: Tears of the Navajo 11:00pm KQED 9 | POV Standing Silent Nation Yellowstone and Glacier Through Peter Coyote narrates this look at the forced recounts the legal struggles of a Lakota Native Eyes | H | A Native American relocation of Navajo men, women, and family who planted hemp after other crops perspective of the area celebrates efforts children in 1864. had failed. | R (KQED 9) 11/17 5am; (Life) between park staff and Tribal Nations. | HD | 11/17 9pm 4:00pm World | Playing for the World: The 1904 12:30pm KQED 9 | Independent Lens Lost Sparrow. Fort Shaw Indian Girls Basketball Team | HD | RR 11/16 10:30pm introduces a team of Native American Wednesday 17 EVENING women who played basketball at a Montana school in 1902. EARLY 7:00pm Life | Gallery: The National Museum of 5:00am KQED 9 | POV Standing Silent Nation. the American Indian charts the unveiling 5:00pm World | Spirit Warriors: The Legacy of | RR 11/16 11pm | R (Life) 11/17 9pm of the first Smithsonian Museum dedicated the Navajo Veteran chronicles the history, service, sacrifice, and dedication of the EVENING exclusively to American Indians. Navajo veteran from World War I to Iraq. 11:00pm KQED 9 | POV The Last Conquistador. 7:30pm Life | Waila! Making The People Happy Controversy over a sculptor’s bronze statue This native instrumental music features divides El Paso, Texas, along lines of race accordion, saxophone, electric guitar, bass, Sunday 28 and drums. and class. | HD | R (KQED 9) 11/18 5am EVENING 9:00pm World | Independent Lens March Point. 10:00pm World | Lonely Island: Hidden Alcatraz Three teens from the Swinomish Tribe | q | Greg Sherwood joins park service investigate the impact of oil refineries on ranger John Cantwell and others on a their community. walking history tour of the island. 11:30pm World | Lost Bird of Wounded Knee A Lakota child survives the massacre only to suffer a life of abuse when adopted by a white couple.

3 Advocacy International Indian Treaty Council 415.641.4482; treatycouncil.org Advocates for Indigenous An organization of indigenous people California Language Survival from North, Central, and South 707.486.6806; aicls.org America, and the Pacific; works for Fosters the restoration of indigenous the sovereignty and self-determination California languages by offering of indigenous peoples and for the language classes, teacher training, and recognition of indigenous rights, Please note that this is only other education programs. treaties, cultures, and sacred lands. a small portion of the many Intertribal Council of California organizations that serve the American Indian Activity Group/ Lawrence Livermore National 916.973.9581; itccinc.org American Indian community Laboratory A nonprofit statewide association in the Bay Area. To add your 925.423.7846 of more than 50 tribes that develops organization to this list or Promotes awareness and appreciation programs to help tribes take care update information of Native American culture through of themselves. for next year’s guide, special events at the lab and at Marin American Indian Alliance please send an email to various local venues; promotes higher education for American Indian students marinindianalliance.org [email protected]. through scholarships. Publishes a quarterly newsletter and organizes cultural and educational American Indian Resources gatherings to promote and maintain Institute connections among American Indians 209.460.0924, Stockton; living in Marin County. indianlawreporter.org Publishes Indian Law Reporter, a National Congress of unique and comprehensive monthly American Indians information journal for practitioners and 202.466.7767, Washington, D.C.; others involved in Indian law. ncai.org Serves as a forum for consensus- Bay Area American Indian based policy development among its Two-Spirits membership of more than 250 tribal 415.865.5616; baaits.org governments; informs the public and Restores and recovers the role of the federal government about tribal two-spirit people within the American self-government, treaty rights, and Indian community by creating forums federal policy issues affecting tribal for their spiritual, cultural, and governments. artistic expression. National Indian Justice Center Black Native American Association 707.579.5507; 800.966.0662; bnaa.org nijc.org An intertribal group of people who are An Indian-owned and -operated of both African American and Native nonprofit that designs and delivers American heritage that honors the legal education, research, and technical world’s indigenous peoples. assistance programs in an effort to improve the administration of justice. California Indian Legal Services 760.746.8941 (main office); Oyate calindian.org 707.996.6700; oyate.org Resources With offices in Bishop, Escondido, A community-based Native organization Eureka, and Sacramento; provides free that works toward honest portrayals of and low-cost legal assistance to Native Native Americans by evaluating texts, American individuals and tribes. resource materials, and fiction by and about Native peoples; by conducting Department of Veterans Affairs: teacher workshops; and by distributing Native American Program children’s, young adult, and teacher- 650.493.5000, ext. 64374 training books and materials. Ensures that the Department of Veterans Affairs addresses the unique Running Strong for American circumstances and needs of Native Indian Youth American veterans of the U.S. military. 888.491.9859 Alexandria, Va.; This particular program is geared indianyouth.org primarily to Native American employees Helps American Indians meet their of the Palo Alto VA healthcare system, immediate survival needs—food, water, but its staff is able to answer a wide and shelter—while implementing and range of questions and make referrals. supporting programs designed to create opportunities for self-sufficiency and self-esteem, particularly for tribal youth.

4 Arts Gallery of the American West Pacific Western Traders California Indian Library 916.446.6662, Sacramento; 916.985.3851; Collection, California State Library American Indian Film Institute gallerywest.com pacwesttraders.com library.ca.gov 415.554.0525; aifisf.com Features the work of American Indian Specializing in traditional and Provides resources and historical A media arts center that fosters potters, jewelers, weavers, and carvers. contemporary arts of California’s Native references on California’s Indian understanding of the cultures, Houses a large collection of antique people; provides education resource population. traditions, and issues of contemporary California Indian basketry and other contacts; caters to collectors, students Native Americans; encourages Native American Indian artifacts. of Indian cultures, and Native Americans Miwok Archeological Preserve and non-Native filmmakers to bring in search of traditional supplies. of Marin media Native voices, viewpoints, and Gathering Tribes 415.491.0401; mapom.org stories to the mainstream media; 510.528.9038; Phoebe Hearst Museum of Offers classes in California Indian works to develop an audience for gatheringtribes.com Anthropology, U.C. Berkeley arts for adults, including basketry, such films and advocates for authentic Showcases arts, crafts, and jewelry 510.642.3682; bow making, native plant use, and representation of Indians in the media. from tribes across the country. http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu shell-bead making. Seeks to promote Collects, preserves, researches, and accurate knowledge of the Coast California Indian Basketweavers Grace Hudson Museum and interprets material culture to promote Miwok Indians—the first people of Association Sun House understanding of the history and Marin and southern Sonoma counties. 530.668.1332; ciba.org 707.467.2836, Ukiah; diversity of human cultures; houses the Preserves, promotes, and perpetuates gracehudsonmuseum.org Native Californian Cultures Gallery. Native American Studies California Indian basket-weaving An art, history, and anthropology Collection, Ethnic Studies Library, traditions by providing opportunities to museum with changing interdisciplinary Education U.C. Berkeley study traditional basketry techniques exhibitions and public programs that 510.642.0941; and forms, and to showcase work. feature Western American art, California American Indian Child http://eslibrary.berkeley.edu Indian cultures, histories of California’s Resource Center An integral part of the project to California Indian Museum and diverse North Coast region, and the 510.208.1870; aicrc.org challenge mainstream histories with Cultural Center work of contemporary regional artists. Provides individualized tutoring, research that produces educational 707.579.3004; cimcc.org academic advising, cultural arts, peer resources meaningful to Native Educates the public about the history, Healdsburg Museum support, and educational field trips American communities. culture, and contemporary life of 707.431.3325; for American Indian youth. Works to California Indians, and honors their healdsburgmuseum.org preserve and promote the integrity and Native American Studies Program, contributions to civilization. A regional museum that records, culture of American Indian youth and U.C. Berkeley preserves, and fosters an appreciation their families. 510.643.0796; California Indian Storytellers for the history of Healdsburg and http://ethnicstudies.berkeley.edu/nas/ Association northern Sonoma County. American Indian Graduate Part of the Department of Ethnic 510.793.8208; cistory.org Program, U.C. Berkeley Studies; broadens the understanding Dedicated to the preservation, Santa Rosa Junior College 510.642.3228; of students interested in the history, perpetuation, enlivening, and promotion Museum grad.berkeley.edu/aigp culture, and contemporary situations of of Indian storytelling, in both traditional 707.527.4479; Provides individual recruitment and Native Americans in the United States. and contemporary form, for California santarosa.edu/museum student services to broaden academic tribes and others. Houses collections of Native American and professional opportunities for Native American Cultural Center, art with all North American Indian American Indians and Alaska Natives Stanford University California State Indian Museum culture areas respresented. Also houses through graduate education. 650.725.6944; 916.324.0971, Sacramento; ethnographic art from the Americas and stanford.edu/dept/nacc parks.ca.gov/indianmuseum parts of Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. American Indian Library Service, The American Indian, Alaska Native, Celebrates the proud heritage of Oakland Public Library, and Native Hawaiian Program serves a California Indian culture, from the Maidu Interpretive Center Diamond Branch diverse and underrepresented student traditions of the ancestors to the 916.774.5934; 510.482.7844; oaklandlibrary.org population by creating programs that work of contemporary Native artists. roseville.ca.us/indianmuseum Its collection includes approximately address the factors influencing Native Displays exhibits and artifacts The center consists of an ancient Maidu 1,500 volumes for adults and young Americans’ progress and completion of illustrating the cultures of the state’s Indian village site, a Native American readers that cover Native American an academic degree. first inhabitants. museum, and a nature learning center; history, culture, and arts. offers old-ways workshops, seasonal Society for the Advancement of C.N. Gorman Museum, U.C. Davis nature programs, and hands-on exhibits. American Indian Studies Chicanos and Native Americans 530.752.6567; Department, San Francisco in Science http://gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu Marin Museum of the State University 831.459.0170 or 877.SACNAS.1 (toll free); Established in honor of Carl Nelson American Indian 415.338.1054 or 415.405.3928; sacnas.org Gorman—Navajo artist and advocate, 415.897.4064; marinindian.com sfsu.edu/~ais/ Encourages Chicano/Latino and Native World War II code talker, and former Dedicated to cultivating an awareness Offers academic services to local, American students to pursue graduate faculty member in Native American and understanding of Native American regional, national, and international education and obtain the advanced studies. Changing exhibits feature history and culture; features a lecture American Indian communities; and degrees necessary for careers in contemporary artwork in a wide range series, a native plant garden, and a gallery continues training and education of science teaching and research. of media, reflecting the canon in which with rotating exhibits and demonstrations American Indians both inside and indigenous artists are working today. by Native artists. outside traditional academic realms. Woodfish Institute 415.263.0423; woodfish.org Chaw’Se Regional Indian Museum Museum of Craft and Folk Art California Department of Provides innovative approaches Located in Indian Grinding Rock State 415.227.4888; mocfa.org Education: American Indian to Native American education and Historic Park (see listing under PARKS Fosters the appreciation and Education the preservation of indigenous and SITES); houses outstanding understanding of craft and folk art from 916.319.0851; healing methodologies. examples of the technology and crafts diverse cultures and traditions through http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ai/ of the Miwok and other Sierra Nevada exhibitions, educational programs, and A program for local educational agencies, Native American groups. This site has research publications. Indian tribes and organizations, and the largest bedrock mortar rocks in other entities about meeting the unique North America. academic, cultural, and linguistic needs of American Indian students.

5 Family/Children Native American AIDS Project Coyote Hills Regional Park, 415.431.6227; http://naap-ca.org/ Fremont Offers case management, treatment 888.327.2757, 510.633.0460 (TDD); American Indian Child advocacy, peer advocacy, traditional ebparks.org Resource Center—See EDUCATION healing, and mental health services to Preserves the fascinating Native Americans living with HIV; offers archaeological resources of the rich Break the Cycle prevention education and outreach. wetlands and shell mound sites left by breakthecycle.org the Ohlone Indians—the East Bay’s Aims to end domestic violence by Native American Health Center original inhabitants. working proactively with youth; Alameda (administrative office): provides 12- through 22-year-olds 510.747.3030 Indian Grinding Rock State with preventive education, free legal Oakland clinic: 510.535.4400 Historic Park services, advocacy, and support. Healthy Nations Wellness Center, 209.296.7488, Pine Grove; Oakland: 510.434.1772 parks.ca.gov Friendship House, San Francisco clinic: 415.621.8051; Preserves petroglyphs and Northern Association of American Indians nativehealth.org Sierra Miwok artifacts; also features 415.865.0964; Provides medical/dental services, celebrations and demonstrations friendshiphousesf.org infant/children programs, a guidance throughout the year and houses the Provides recovery services and clinic, AIDS prevention and treatment Chaw’Se Regional Indian Museum (see aftercare programs for American services, and youth programs for museum description under ARTS). Indians and their families, including Native Americans and non-Natives. prevention and treatment of alcoholism Kule Loklo Coast Miwok Cultural and other diseases of addiction; San Francisco AIDS Foundation Exhibit, Point Reyes promotes women’s health; offers 800.FOR.AIDS (367.2437) nps.gov/pore/historyculture/people_ programs targeted to youth and (trilingual hotline), coastmiwok.htm communities, including housing 415.487.8000 (client services); Re-creates a Coast Miwok village assistance and job readiness training. sfaf.org where students can learn about Miwok Provides services and information to traditions and land-use ethics. Miwok Hintil Kuu Ca Child people affected by and concerned Archeological Preserve of Marin (see Development Center about HIV and AIDS; sponsors the listing under EDUCATION) offers 510.879.0840 AIDS Walk and other events. California Indian skills classes at Kule Part of the Oakland Unified School Loklo in spring and fall. District’s Children Centers program; a unique child care program incorporating Media Native American culture and values. Professional Bay Native Circle Organizations KPFA/Berkeley: 510.848.6767 Indian Child and Family KFCF/Fresno: 559 233.2221 Preservation Program American Indian Chamber of kpfa.org/bay-native-circle 707.463.2644 Commerce of California A weekly radio show examining Native Represents a consortium of five tribes Los Angeles; aicccal.org issues, people, culture, and events. in court when Indian children are Provides American Indian business taken from their families; ensures that owners with educational, mentoring, News from Native California the children are put in appropriate and networking opportunities. 510.549.2802; foster homes and that the Indian Child heydaybooks.com/news Welfare Law is being exercised. 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Parks and Sites Association of American Indian Physicians Coastanoan-Ohlone Indian Indian Health Center of Santa 405.946.7072, Oklahoma City; Canyon Resource Clara Valley aaip.org 831.637.4238; indiancanyon.org, 408.445.3400; indianhealthcenter.org Dedicated to pursuing excellence indiancanyonvillage.org Ensures the survival of American Indian in Native American health care by Provides resources and traditional families and individuals by providing promoting education in the medical lands for ceremonies; situated in comprehensive health care for the disciplines, honoring traditional healing the only federally recognized Indian American Indian community. practices, and restoring the balance of county in California; fundraising for mind, body, and spirit. the construction of a village house is National Native American AIDS under way. Prevention Center 720.382.2244; nnaapc.org A Denver, Colorado-based nonprofit that helps organizations that serve Native communities to plan, develop, and manage HIV/AIDS prevention, intervention, care, and treatment programs.

6 Kathleen Russell Consulting Western American Indian Chamber Websites 415.459.9211; kathleenrussell.com of Commerce A strategic communications and 303 620.9292, Denver; Black Indians and Intertribal Native event planning firm assisting indiancountry.org American Association Join Us Native communities and others in Helps American Indians achieve blackindians.com achieving their social, economic, self-sufficiency through business Official website of the Binay tribe, with KQED enthusiastically and political goals. success; provide a forum for members articles, historical information, and celebrates the rich diversity of to address legislative issues and resource links. the Bay Area, and we proudly Native American government concerns that affect focus on nationally recognized Journalists Association American Indian business. NativeWeb 405.325.9008, University of Oklahoma; heritage months with special nativeweb.org http://naja.com programming. Seniors An international, nonprofit educational Serves and empowers Native organization dedicated to using communicators through programs and National Indian Council on Aging telecommunications to disseminate We also publish a program activities designed to enrich journalism 505.292.2001, Albuquerque, N.M.; information from and about indigenous and resource guide in and promote Native cultures. nicoa.org nations and peoples around the world. February for Black History North American Indian Information Serves as the nation’s foremost nonprofit and Trade Center advocate for American Indian and Women Month; March for Women’s 520.622.4900, Tucson, AZ; Alaska Native elders; strives to better the History Month; May for Asian usaindianinfo.org lives of the nation’s indigenous seniors Pacific American Heritage A Safe Place Preserves contemporary and traditional through advocacy, employment training, 510.986.8600 (business and counseling Month; June for Lesbian Gay Native American arts; provides consulting information, and support. center), 510.536.7233 (crisis line); Bisexual Transgender Pride services and referrals; conducts seminars asafeplacedvs.org Month; September for Latino and workshops; publishes the Native San Jose Indian Elders Group Offers comprehensive services to American Directory. 408.294.0519 Heritage Month; and this victims of domestic violence. Works to Sponsors social gatherings and month for American Indian decrease the number of women and The Robert Toigo Foundation provides resources for American Indian Heritage Month. These free children returning to violent relationships 510.763.5771; toigofoundation.org elders in the South Bay. and educates the community. guides, which are available Supports the ongoing advancement online at kqed.org/heritage, of exceptional minority business- would not be possible without degree students and alumni within the the support and generous finance industry through fellowships, mentoring, networking, leadership contributions of our members. development, and job placement assistance. If you would like to become a member of KQED, please Society of American call 415.553.2150 or visit Indian Dentists kqed.org. 405.946.7072, Oklahoma City Promotes dental health in the American Indian community; encourages the We appreciate your support. community’s youth in dentistry careers and serves as a resource for students; supports the unique concerns of American Indian dentists.

Before There Were Parks. Crow Indians at the opening ceremony for the East Entrance to Yellowstone National Park, 1927. Photo: Courtesy of YNP Photo Archive.

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